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Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction. The Languages of Nature: An Overview 1 Chapter One. Botany's Beautiful Arrangement: Almira Phelps and Enlightenment Science 000 Chapter Two. The Pressure of Hidden Causes: Margaret Fuller and Romantic Science 000 Chapter Three. The Noble Designs of Nature: Susan Fenimore Cooper, Natural Science, and the Picturesque Aesthetic 000 Chapter Four. Spiders, Ants, and Carnivorous Plants: Mary Treat and Evolutionary Science 000 Epilogue. Human Homes in Nature's Household: The Emergence of a Conservation Ethic 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
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Women naturalists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Women botanists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Natural history -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Nature in literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Botany in literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.